Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will give the Richardson community a preview of what’s to come next spring with a free movie screening Friday, Nov. 16, at the site of its first Metroplex location.

The event will kick off at 5 p.m., with a screening of “The Burbs” scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Heights Shopping Center, at the southwest corner of Belt Line Road and Central Expressway.

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, based in Austin, will open in Richardson in May 2013. City, community and business leaders celebrated the beginning of construction last month with a ceremonial groundbreaking at the site.